This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu REMARKS OF SENATOR BOB DOLE GOP LEADERSHIP DINNER GREAT HALL - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 20, 1986 GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. REAGAN, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MRS. BUSH: ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SISTINE CHAPEL WAS ALREADY BOOKED FOR THE EVENING. BUT I THINK YOU'LL AGREE, THIS IS THE NEXT BEST ROOM IN TOWN. I'M AFRAID WE'VE HAD TO ECONOMIZE A BIT ON THIS YEAR'S ENTERTAINMENT. GRAMM, RUDMAN AND DOMENIC! RULED OUT ANY GEORGIAN CHANTS. AND IF YOU MISSED THE SWISS GUARDS AT THE DOOR, WELL, THERE'S A LOGICAL EXPLANATION. IT SEEMS THAT ADMIRAL POINDEXTER BORROWED THEM FOR HIS OWN PROTECTION FOR A MISSION OF HIS OWN. Page 1 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu - 2 - SEEMS HE HOPES TO ESTABLISH CONTACTS WITH CERTAIN MODERATE MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO SEE YOU HERE THIS EVENING. TOWARD THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN, I WAS KIND OF HOPING TO SEE A LOT OF YOU AROUND HERE THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AFTER ALL, WHO WANTS TO SPEND TIME IN HOLIDAY INNS, GOING TO MEETINGS, BEING INTRODUCED TO DELEGATES - WHEN HE COULD STAY HERE AND BREAK THE TIE OVER NATIONAL NASTURTIUM MONTH? MR. PRESIDENT, WE ALL KNOW OF YOUR FONDNESS .FOR CALVIN COOLIDGE. IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, COOLIDGE WROTE OF THE TRIALS HE EXPERIENCED IN PRESIDING OVER THE WORLD'S GREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY. UPON ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON, HE DETERMINED TO ACQUAINT HIMSELF WITH ITS PRACTICES, TRADITIONS, AND PROCEDURES. Page 2 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu - 3 - AS COOLIDGE PUT IT, "I SOON FOUND THAT THE SENATE HAD BUT ONE FIXED RULE, WHICH WAS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE SENATE WOULD DO ANYTHING THAT IT WANTED WHENEVER IT WANTED TO DO IT. WHEN I HAD LEARNED THAT, I DID NOT WASTE MUCH TIME ON THE OTHER RULES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SELDOM APPLIED." SO MUCH FOR PAPAL INFALLIBILITY. ·... IN FACT, MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WORKING TOGETHER, WE HAVE REWRITTEN THE WASHINGTON RULEBOOK. IN THE PROCESS, WE HAVE REDEFINED THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA. MAJORITIES COME AND GO. CHAIRMANSHIPS MAY CHANGE HANDS. OFFICES ROTATE. BUT HISTORY WILL RECORD THAT IT WAS A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND A REPUBLICAN SENATE WHO REVERSED THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN FORTUNES AND DISPELLED FOR ALL TIME ANY DOUBTS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO GOVERN. Page 3 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu - 4 - OVER IN THE ATRIUM OF THE HART BUILDING, WE'VE JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP A GIGANTIC SCULPTURE BY ALEXANDER CALDER. IT'S CALLED "MOUNTAINS-AND CLOUDS." AND MANY'S THE TIME AS I WALKED PAST IT THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, THAT I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING JUST WHY THEY MADE THE CLOUDS SO BLACK. .. ,,. .. ·' ON NOVEMBER 4 I FOUND OUT. THIS EVENING, INEVITABNLY, IS A TIME OF MINGLED FEELINGS. OF PRIDE IN A JOB WELL DONE, AND REGRET THAT WE WON'T ALL BE HERE NEXT JANUARY TO COMPLETE THE TASK. OF DELIGHT IN WELCOMING NEW FACES TO OUR COUNCILS. AND SORROW AT PARTING FROM CHERISHED FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. Page 4 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu - 5 - MR. PRESIDENT, FOR YOU I KNOW THIS IS AN OCCASION OF SPECIAL POIGNANCY. FOR THIS IS, PERHAPS, THE LAST TIME THAT THE CLASS OF 1980 WILL CONVENE. IT IS A ...... .• 1 CLASS WHICH CAME TO THIS CITY ·AT THE SAME TIME YOU DID. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THE HISTORIANS ARE GOING TO BE GENEROUS IN MARKING ITS REPORT CARD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE HEAD OF OUR CLASS, THE REAL REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THIS ROOM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Page 5 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas ~ ,l-_http://dolearchives.ku.edu s::o~~ ~ Ca~~ ~ 1-j:";r~l ~; ~'f1/V' ~ Good evening, Mr. President) Mr. Vice President~an behalf of my colleagues in the College of Cardinals, I'd like to welcome you to the Library of Congress. Unfortunately, the Sistine Chapel was already booked for the evening. But I think you'll agree, this is the next best room in town .. / H~ ~ I'm afraid we•ve had to econo ~e a bit on this year's entertainment. Gramm, Rudman and menici ruled out any Gregorian chants. Anf if you missed the S iss Guards at the door, well, there Is a logical explanation. Admiral Poindexter borrowed them k ~ L r ~ . for a mission of his own. Seems he hopes to establish contacts I -· with cert ·n moderate members of the Washington press corps. Mr. resident, . we ~11 know of your fondness for Calvin Coolidge. In his autobiography, Coolidge wrote of the trials he experienced in presiding over the world's greatest deliberative body. Upon arriving in Washington, he determined to acquaint himself with its practices, traditions, and procedures. As Coolidge put it,"I soon found that the Senate had but one fixed rule, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything that . it wanted whenever it wanted to do it. When I had learned that, I did not waste much time on the other rules because they were so seldom applied~ So much for papal infallabili In fact, Mr. President ink you'll agree that last few years, work' ogether, we have rewritten Washington rulebook.~ .a.e- e have redefined the role of g ernment in America. Majorities come and go. Chairmanships change hands. Offices rota~ut history will reco.. rd that~ Republican Pre- sident ~aB:d ~H:d with a Republican~Senate eversed the decline of American fortunes and dispelled r a)l 1*:e time~ ~ doubts about our ability to govern. Jr u...ra- ~ Page 6 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu µ-~~ ~6 .,¥~; ;;) /,~~v~ · ~(r ~-. #'~v ~- over ~the atrium ~ the Hart Building we've just finished putting up a g' antic scul ture by Alexander alder. It's called ~ "Mountain and C uds'.' And I walked past it ese last few months, W d I- of"t8'IT w-endei e-G why they made the clouds o black. On November 4 I found out. ~~ .And ~ -rhis evening, inevitably, time of mingled feelings. Of pride in a job well done, Of delight ~t the new And sorrow t parting from cherished friends and colleagues. Mr. P esident, ~this is an occasion of special poignancy. For this is perhaps, he last time that the Class of 1980 will conven . } • he.ve ~nch the historians are going to be generous i rking its r~ort card. &>-~ ~fru~lr:.4 Ladies and gentlemen, I have the honor of presenting the head of our class, the real Republican Leader in this room, the President of the United States, Page 7 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu REMARKS OF SENATOR BOB DOLE GOP LEADERSHIP DINNER GREAT HALL - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NOVEMBER 20, 1986 GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. REAGAN, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MRS. BUSH: ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SISTINE CHAPEL WAS ALREADY BOOKED FOR THE EVENING. BUT I THINK YOU'LL AGREE, THIS IS THE NEXT BEST ROOM IN TOWN. I'M AFRAID WE'VE HAD TO ECONOMIZE A BIT ON THIS YEAR'S ENTERTAINMENT. GRAMM, RUDMAN AND DOMENICI RULED OUT ANY GEORGIAN CHANTS. AND IF YOU MISSED THE SWISS GUARDS AT THE DOOR, WELL, THERE'S A LOGICAL EXPLANATION. IT SEEMS THAT ADMIRAL POINDEXTER BORROWED THEM FOR HIS OWN PROTECTION FOR A MISSION OF HIS OWN. Page 8 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu - 2 - SEEMS HE HOPES TO ESTABLISH CONTACTS WITH CERTAIN MODERATE MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO SEE YOU HERE THIS EVENING. TOWARD THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN, I WAS KIND OF HOPING TO SEE A LOT OF YOU AROUND HERE THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AFTER ALL, WHO WANTS TO SPEND TIME IN HOLIDAY INNS, GOING TO MEETINGS, BEING INTRODUCED TO DELEGATES - WHEN HE COULD STAY HERE AND BREAK THE TIE OVER NATIONAL NASTURTIUM MONTH? MR. PRESIDENT, WE ALL KNOW OF YOUR FONDNESS FOR CALVIN COOLIDGE. IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, COOLIDGE WROTE OF THE TRIALS HE EXPERIENCED IN PRESIDING OVER THE WORLD'S GREATEST DELIBERATIVE BODY. UPON ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON, HE DETERMINED TO ACQUAINT HIMSELF WITH ITS PRACTICES, TRADITIONS, AND PROCEDURES. Page 9 of 50 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu - 3 - AS COOLIDGE PUT IT, "I SOON FOUND THAT THE SENATE HAD BUT ONE FIXED RULE, WHICH WAS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE SENATE WOULD DO ANYTHING THAT IT WANTED WHENEVER IT WANTED TO DO IT. WHEN I HAD LEARNED THAT, I DID NOT WASTE MUCH TIME ON THE OTHER RULES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SELDOM APPLIED." SO MUCH FOR PAPAL INFALLIBILITY.